Verbs

(v)dehydrate, desiccatepreserve by removing all water and liquids from“carry dehydrated food on your camping trip”
(v)dehydrate, desiccateremove water from“All this exercise and sweating has dehydrated me”
(v)exsiccate, dehydrate, dry up, desiccatelose water or moisture“In the desert, you get dehydrated very quickly”

Adjectives

(s)arid, desiccate, desiccatedlacking vitality or spirit; lifeless“a technically perfect but arid performance of the sonata”, “a desiccate romance”, “a prissy and emotionless creature … settles into a mold of desiccated snobbery” (C.J.Rolo)